Japanese fashion designer Fumito Ganryu, who worked under Rei Kawakubo
at Comme des des Garçons, is launching his eponymous label at menswear
trade show Pitti Uomo in Florence.

Launching at the June edition of Pitti Uomo, Ganryu’s collection
is being billed as an exploration of the “ever-closer relationship between
body and clothes,” on the trade show’s website, which it adds will reveal
the “pure essence” of Ganryu’s personal style, as well as a new
interpretation of modern and conceptual aesthetics for the 21st century.

“It is an honour for me to have this wonderful opportunity to debut at
Pitti Uomo,” said the designer on the Pitti Uomo website. “I will do my
best to express my vision taking it to new directions.”

Ganryu graduated from Bunka Fashion College in 2000, and developed his
career at Comme des Garçons, starting as a pattern maker for Junya
Watanabe. In 2007, he launched his own menswear line, Ganryu for Comme des
Garçons, featuring a streetwear style inspired by workwear basics.

In addition to debuting the Fumito Ganryu label as part of the ‘Designer
Project’, Pitti Uomo will also feature Craig Green as menswear guest
designer, Roberto Cavalli as a special guest, and the ‘Fanatic Feelings —
Fashion Plays Football’ exhibition, curated by contemporary art critic
Francesco Bonami, and Markus Ebner, founder of German fashion magazines
Achtung and Sepp Football Fashion.